Gas-burner-tip cleaner



(No Model.)

J. J. LAWLER.

GAS BURNER TIP CLEANER No. 374,075. Patented Nov. 29, 1887.

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' UNIT D. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES J. LAWLER, OF SORANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

GASJ-BURNER-TI P CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,075, dated November 29, 1887.

P Application filed February 26, 1887. Serial No. 229,008. (No model.)

' To all whom itmaly concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES J. LAWLER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-Burner-Tip Cleaners, of which the fol-' lowing is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention pertains to certain new and .useful improvements in devices for cleaning gas-burner tips; and it consists in the detailed construction, combination, and arrangement of the pafrts, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of my invention as attached to a gasburner. Fig.2 is a plan view thereof, and Figs. 3 and 4 are details.

In carrying out my invention I employ a ring or collar, A,which has a sinall set-screw,

A knife or cleaner, 0, is secured atits rear' end between a bent projecting part, d, in the curved portion of the U-shaped frame or carrier, and through an aperture formed in this end of said knife or cleaner and corresponding apertures in the bent projection d is passed the upperv hooked end of astrong wire handle,

D, the purpose of which will soon appear. The widened cam-like end d of this knife or cleaner is corrugated transversely, as shown in Fig. 4.

From what has been said it will be seen that bysecuring the ring or collar A on a gasburner, as shown, so as to permit the knife or cleaner to fiiss in and through the slit formed in the tip of said burner, by slightly push- Patent, is p 1. In a device for cleaning gas-burner tips,

ing on the wirehandleD the pivoted U shaped frame or carrier will be moved forward, causing the corrugated portion of the knife or cleaner to pass through the slit formed in said tip, thus effectively cleaning the same and freeing it from all dust, sediment, &c., which collect in a greater or less degree in all burnerti s.

l3y means of my invention a clear and steady light is always obtained,all hinderance thereto being readily removed, and this at but slight expense, thus dispensing with the necessity of substituting new tips or burners when the same become clogged, as aforesaid, and, further,ob-- viating the loss experienced by the breaking of the tips in trying to .clean the same.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters the ring or .collar having a setscrew, a frame pivoted to said ring or collar, and a knife carriedby said frame, substantially as shown,and for the purpose stated.

2. The U-shaped frame or carrier having pivotally-secured arms, and a knife or cleaner carried by said frame, arranged substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

3. In a device for cleaning burner-tips, the knife having a transversely-corrugated portion, and the pivoted frame carrying said k nifc, substantially as shown and-described:

4. The combination,with the adjustable ring or collar,of the U shaped frame pivoted to said ring or collar, and the knife or cleaner carried by said frame, substantially as shown and described.

5. The combination, with the ring or collar having the set-screw, and the pivotedframe or carrier having an apertured projecting por* tion, of the corrugated knife or cleaner and the operating handle, arranged substantially as v shown, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES J. LAWLER. 

